A federal appellate judge from Texas is facing a judicial misconduct complaint over comments she made regarding race and the death penalty during a speech.

According to a complaint filed Tuesday by civil rights groups, ethicists and a legal aid organization, 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Edith Jones allegedly said during a February event at the University of Pennsylvania Law School that “racial groups like African-Americans and Hispanics are predisposed to crime,” and that they get involved in more violent and “heinous” crimes than people of other ethnicities.

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Even if true, and the article is a biased joke for the most part, is it any worse than commenting on the inherent superiority of "wise Latinas" like certain Supreme Court justices have been known to do.....................

How is that racist or bias? Any rudimentary look at the Crime statistics show blacks have a higher crime rate than other races. What? The FBI, TDCJ, TXDPS are all racist for reporting crime and inmate statistics?

she's merely showing her true colors. Political correctness was created for those who don't have the balls to call it as they see it. I would rather know who the overt racist are rather than being lulled into a false sense of security by a wolf hiding in sheep's clothing. Having said that, she should probably recuse herself from any cases involving minorities of color. Seriously! Racist never think of themselves as being a racist, much like alcoholics usually think of themselves as just social drinkers

A more likely statement is that the poor, dispossessed, and hopeless are more likely to be arrested for crimes and that these populations are disproportionately minorities. Institutional racism is alive and well in these United States.

TRUE of FALSE?U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Edith Jones allegedly said...that “racial groups like African-Americans and Hispanics are predisposed to crime,” and that they get involved in more violent and “heinous” crimes than people of other ethnicities.

she also reportedly said that Mexican nationals would rather be in a Texas prison than in a prison in their home country. I can't imagine anyone preferring a Mexican prison over a Texas prison, can you?

She needs to be bitch slapped off the bench. There is no room for bigots here, particularly people who occupy public service positions like her. You judge people by the decisions they make, by things under their control. You don't judge people by attributes their born with. Race, color, height, deformities, etc. are things you're born "with" and cannot change. f*** *** Jones.

June 4, 2013 @ 7:48 p.m.

Mack Green

The judge crossed the line between opinion and fact. Fact: Crime rates are higher in minority groups. Opinion: Pre-disposition to crime among minority groups. Another example: Fact: White males make up the majority of U.S. military and kill more humans than non-white U.S. soldiers. Opinion: White males are more blood thirsty than other majorities.The judge is demonstrating either a lack of logic or a lack of judgment. Not good.

try, people of color are many more times likely to be convicted of a crime they did not commit, and are liable to be executed for it...I sure wouldn't want THAT on my conscience! that is what she really should be worried about...

So she gets tarred-and-feathered for pointing out the elephant in the room??? Just look at the astronomical percentages of black and hispanic inmates...and the case is closed. No doubt...the black and hispanic cultures are more lawless than other cultures.

It's predictable that all the politically-correct-do-gooders are going to assail anyone who confronts their media facades with the truth.

Most homicides are done by white people in this country.......................Especially the South ,but targeted less by police .Minorities are being jailed by the courts courts for federal funds and to populate the prisons. If the shoe fits wear it Mr. lily

One person's life experience and use of statistics is another person's disparate impact. In terms of the results (statistical veracity of the comments) several conclusions can be drawn. Without a transcript or audio, it's a moot point.

@Erique, you sir are dead wrong. If you would occasionally detach your mind from the racist propaganda and learn to think for yourself, you would find Blacks are a bigger threat to themselves than what KKK could have ever dreamed of. http://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/press/htus8008pr.cfm

Yes.. , your right - .. to Katherin M. Watched a facinating recent documentary which brought out to look at were the tremendous amount of crimes committed by white males 15 - 27 years of age, even under 15. Also talked about was the fact that all school killings like Columbine were young white males. You do not hear much about this stuff in the national media. Giant cover up. My husband was an attoney in Texas and in that thirity years I could not country the times he was called at four in the morning to get some white kid (s) out of jail.

And, M.J., do the prisoners have to share? I have never been in a Mexican prison, so I defer to someone apparently with more knowledge. Thank you? As far, Texas prisons, I believe it is commonly known that sex is available.

I love this comment from someone who knows neither me nor my politics. He convicts himself of his own bigotry assertion. Here goes, amigo: SamdavisPeople with the racial bias of Steve reflect the true values of the GOP and TEA Party. Bigotry is alive in Texas.

I disagree with the judge's words, but cannot see why she should lose her job. The judge was not acting in an official capacity; she was not in a courtroom. The meritorious part of the complaint relates to comments on pending cases; this deserves a reprimand, not the loss of a position.

Judges should speak their minds about needed reforms in law, the values of current law, & suggested legislation. The firing in this case would involve removal from employment guaranteed for life with good behavior; government punishment for political speech vitiates the first amendment.